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Para athletics: 2017 field season review
What were the big stories out in the field this year? Here are the top seven headlines for 2017
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Para athletics: 2017 sprints season review
What were the highlights of the 2017 track season? Here are seven sprints headlines from the year
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Twelve Athletes of Christmas: Part Three
New Year's Resolutions and a lookback at 2017 with some of Para athletics' biggest stars
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World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2018 dates announced
Nine events will take place over 15 weeks from March-July
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Managua 2018: Jose Jimenez dreams of gold
Costa Rican wheelchair racer targets success at Para Central American Games
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Twelve Athletes of Christmas: Part Two
New Year's Resolutions and a lookback at 2017 with some of Para athletics' biggest stars
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London’s summer of success
Direct economic impact of the Summer of World Athletics exceeded GBP 107 million
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Twelve Athletes of Christmas: Part One
New Year's Resolutions and a lookback at 2017 with some of Para athletics' biggest stars
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 15 – McFadden’s magnificent Worlds
US wheelchair racer dominates London 2017 despite surgery three months earlier
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Gold Coast 2018: Para athletics teams announced
Big names will compete for England, Wales, Scotland and New Zealand at Commonwealth Games
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 21 – Jean-Paul hits the heights in London
US high jumper breaks world record three times in one day at World Championships
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 26 - Para stars dance
Jonnie Peacock, Heinrich Popow and Oney Tapia excel on TV dance shows
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Who should be November’s Allianz Athlete of the Month?
World champions in badminton and wheelchair fencing head the nominations
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Managua 2018: 50 days to go
Second Para Central American Games will take place in Nicaraguan capital
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Para sport review: November 2017
Winter season kicks off while Para badminton and wheelchair fencing Worlds take place
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No.38 - Zolkefli’s social media stardom
Malaysian thrower goes viral after world title-winning performance at London 2017
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 42 – First Para Athletics Junior Worlds take place
Ntando Mahlangu wins four golds and breaks world record in outstanding performance in Nottwil
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 45 – Five world records in 10 days for both Lakatos and Cockroft
Paralympic champions enjoy highly successful Swiss series in Arbon and Nottwil
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Ewa Durska receives World Fair Play Diploma
Three-time Paralympic champion auctions off Rio 2016 gold medal to fund child’s cancer treatment
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Tatyana McFadden named Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
US wheelchair racer wins an astonishing seventh consecutive Chicago Marathon